Tips and Tricks by The Wizard
Translate a Full Document
using Office 2010 and
Microsoft Translator
Hello,
I wish to introduce myself – I am The Wizard. I have much knowledge that I have accumulated through the years. I’ve heard tales of...

Tips and Tricks by the Wizard
Bidirectional Features in Microsoft Word
Hello,
The tips and tricks that I shall share with you today have to do with bidirectional (Bidi) features in Microsoft Word.
Microsoft Word was designed to work with multilingual...

A Lesson by The Professor
Using the New Mini Translator in Office 2010
Hello,
Allow me to introduce myself. I have traveled far and taught at many universities. I have seen how people everywhere around the world use computers to reach their full...

Hello, this is Gwyneth Marshall again. Today we will continue from the East Asian Page Layout Features in Office 2010 article to describe another East Asian feature in Office 2010 called Phonetic Guides. The terms Phonetic Guide, Yomi, Furigana, or "Ruby...

Hello, my name is Kate Kelly, and I am a Program Manager on the GXP team. My previous blog articles include How to: Find my Language Preferences? and How do I check spelling and grammar in a different language in Office 2007? . With the help from my teammates...

Q&A
What are Proofing Tools?
The question that we shall share with you today has to do with Office 2010 Proofing Tools.
-- Before The Professor publishes his series called " My Language Preferences "…--
-...

Hello, my name is Gwyneth Marshall, and I am a Program Manager on the GXP team. As we learned in My Language Preferences: Office Editing Languages , your Office configuration can affect your Office experience. These settings change such things as your...

Q & A
How to turn on/off Mini Translator in Office 2010
-- Ok Miss Smarty Bulb, I answered your question last time; I bet you can’t answer this question:--
Question : How do I turn on / off the Mini Translator feature...

The Martian presents
What happens when the same font is used to display multi-language text?
Greetings Earthlings!
My name is “-----“ and I come from the planet “-----“ (sorry, our names just don’t translate to English or any other earthly...

Hello, my name is Vyom Munshi, and I am a Software Design Engineer in Test in the GXP team. This blog is the first part of the series of articles on Find and Replace feature.
As you work with Office files, you may want to use the Find and Replace feature...

Dear Scenari,
How to: Type in my language using Office 2010
Hello Dears,
I am Scenari - the advice columnist for the Office Global Experience team and I have been using computers for a very long time. (Now don’t even think of asking me...

A Lesson by The Professor
Changing the Translation Service / Adding a New Service
Hello Students,
Our lesson today is about using the translation services available in Office. I actually have TWO lessons for you today, as you will learn how to...

A Lesson by The Professor
Using the Speak Feature in Office 2010
Hello Students,
Our lesson today is about using an exciting new feature in Office 2010 called Speak!
In a previous lesson we discussed Using the New Mini Translator in Office...

Dear Scenari,
How can I turn on/off Auto Keyboard switching?
Dear Scenari,
I am a bilingual student who uses Word and PowerPoint a lot for my project. My documents and presentations always contain text for both English and another language...

A Lesson by The Professor
Project Web Access Language and Regional Settings
Hello students!
In Microsoft Office Project 2007, you could install language packs (LPKs) but could not view the list of languages installed. In addition, the language...

Tips and Tricks by The Wizard
Useful tricks and shortcuts for users around the world
Hi,
Many users prefer to use keyboard shortcuts instead of using the mouse for convenience and to save time. Let me share with you 5 shortcuts and tricks...

Tips and Tricks by The Wizard
Global features in Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010
Hello My Apprentice,
I am very pleased to see you back here for MORE tips and tricks of the Office global features. This time I shall share the magic of the Windows...

The Martian presents,
Bidirectional text embedding and override
Howdy Earthlings!
“-----“ here again! *sigh* Yeah, some of you Earth people still confuse me with being Martian. For the record AGAIN, I come from the planet “-----“ (sorry...

Hello, my name is Jimmy Fang, and I am a Software Design Engineer in Test on the GXP team. This article continues the Language Preferences series of our blog. Previous articles of this series include How to: Find my Language Preferences? and My Language...

Hello, this is Gwyneth Marshall again and this is the second part of a four-part series or articles on East Asian text features. Continuing from the East Asian Text Layout Features article, we will explore text formatting features specific to Chinese...

Hello, this is Vyom Munshi from the Global Experience Platform team. This blog is the second part of the series of articles on Find and Replace feature.
As you work with Office files, you may want to use the Find and Replace feature. If you have Arabic...

Hello, my name is Jesus Barrera-Ramos and I'm the Senior Program Manager Lead for Multilingual Solutions in the Office Global Experience Platform (GXP) team.
Distributed collaboration is crucial in the fast and connected world of today. Companies bring...

Tips and Tricks by The Wizard
5 Access Settings for the Right-to-Left Languages
Hello My Apprentice,
Welcome back! As you might know already, Access is a popular database software application. It has rich support for international features such...

Tips and Tricks by The Wizard
5 More Useful Outlook Global Features
Ah! My apprentice, you have done well as you return for MORE tips and tricks regarding additional Outlook global features. I’m pleased, as I’m sure you must have mastered...

Dear Scenari,
Changing Numeral Shapes in Excel (even if you don’t know the language)
Dear Scenari,
I have an Excel file that contains some numeral shapes which I can’t really read or don’t even know which language the numbers belong...